We had the opportunity the other night to hear Tim Keller talk about Megacities. Megacities are defined as cities that have 10 Million people are more. Keller gave a great arguement of how we should reach out to cities as people are moving to cities from rural places at the rate of 4 million people a month worldwide. Many people travel to cities for education, tbusinessc, etc. If we are in the cities and reaching them well then we will more effective and effecient with our resources. He gave a Ray Bakke quote that I thought was interesting, "Life began in the garden, and will end in the city."
This morning at breakfast I asked Ron Scates about his reflection of the first few days. He was quite impressed by the faith, courage, and quality of the Christian leaders here. He said he has to constantly remind himself that there are 4,000 sinners here because the quality of the people that are in these halls. Ron aslo commented that he felt like he was drinking from a fire hydrant. He is being strengthen and encouarge every day by the message presented here.
Worship is amazing. I often have a hard time getting words to come out while singing because of the presence of God and the testimony of so many different languages and cultures is so overwhelming. Most songs begin in English but incorporate several soloist in other languages. It is inspirational and foreshadows what we will experience in heaven - people of every background imagineable lifing up worship to Jesus Christ together.
Yesterday we had the opportunity to visit Andrew Murray's church as well as Desmond Tutu's. What a fantastic experience to be where the great men ministered.
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